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|accepted_name=Tetragonia tetragonioides
|accepted_authority=(Pallas) Kuntze
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|place=1: 264. 1891
|year=1891
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Demidovia tetragonioides
|authority=Pallas
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tetragonia expansa
|authority=Murray
}}
|hierarchy=Aizoaceae;Tetragonia;Tetragonia tetragonioides
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Aizoaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Tetragonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Tetragonia tetragonioides]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 78
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="stem growth form;stem some measurement"><b>Stems </b>mat-forming, 3–14 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf length;leaf width"><b>Leaves </b>1–10 × 5–5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole some measurement;petiole architecture">petiole 1–3 cm, winged;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade coloration;blade coloration;midvein prominence;midvein shape;midvein shape;midvein shape;lateral-vein prominence;lateral-vein shape;lateral-vein shape;lateral-vein shape;base architecture or shape;base relief">blade pale green abaxially, dark green adaxially, midvein and lateral-veins raised abaxially, ovate-rhombic to triangular, base truncate, papillate with larger papillae abaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="peduncle some measurement"><b>Inflorescences:</b> peduncle to 2 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>sometimes unisexual;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="calyx lobe orientation;calyx lobe coloration;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe shape;calyx lobe some measurement">calyx lobes spreading, yellow, ovate to half orbiculate, 2 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="stamen arrangement;stamen arrangement">stamens clustered or scattered.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="fruit shape;fruit some measurement"><b>Fruits </b>turbinate, 8–12 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="horn count">horns 4–6.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>smooth.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="seed architecture or pubescence or relief;2n chromosome count">2n = 32.</span><!--

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|habitat=Sand dunes, bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, disturbed areas
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;South America;e Asia;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|discussion=<p>Tetragonia tetragonioides is cultivated as a vegetable.</p>
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|references=
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name=Tetragonia tetragonioides
|author=
|authority=(Pallas) Kuntze
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Tetragonia expansa
|basionyms=Demidovia tetragonioides
|family=Aizoaceae
|habitat=Sand dunes, bluffs, margins of coastal wetlands, disturbed areas
|elevation=0-500 m
|distribution=Calif.;Conn.;Fla.;Mass.;N.C.;Oreg.;Pa.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;South America;e Asia;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Revis. Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1891
|special status=
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|genus=Tetragonia
|species=Tetragonia tetragonioides
|2n chromosome count=32
|base architecture or shape=truncate
|base relief=papillate
|blade coloration=dark green;pale green
|calyx lobe coloration=yellow
|calyx lobe orientation=spreading
|calyx lobe shape=orbiculate;ovate
|calyx lobe some measurement=2
|flower reproduction=unisexual
|fruit shape=turbinate
|fruit some measurement=8mm;12mm
|horn count=4;6
|lateral-vein prominence=raised
|lateral-vein shape=ovate-rhombic;triangular
|leaf length=1cm;10cm
|leaf width=5cm;5cm
|midvein prominence=raised
|midvein shape=ovate-rhombic;triangular
|peduncle some measurement=0mm;2mm
|petiole architecture=winged
|petiole some measurement=1cm;3cm
|seed architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|stamen arrangement=scattered;clustered
|stem growth form=mat-forming
|stem some measurement=3dm;14dm
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